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Natural Disasters, Entrepreneurship Activity, and the Moderating Role of Country Governance [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 The purpose of this paper is to investigate if a country quality of governance moderates the effect of natural disasters on startup activity within that country. We test our hypotheses using a panel of 95 countries from 2006 to 2016. Our findings suggest that natural disasters discourage startup activity in countries that have low quality governance ...
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The economic impact of weather and climate [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I test it on a sample of 160 countries over the period 1950-2014.
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A systematic review of care pathways for psychosis in low-and middle-income countries [PDF]
, 2020 Pathways to care for psychosis in high-income countries have been well studied, with the finding of an association between longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and poorer outcomes focusing interest on care pathways to minimise treatment delay ...
Lilford, Philippa +2 more
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Inspiring academia in low- and middle-income countries
Brain and Spine, 2023 Adam Vacek, Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal
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A data driven network approach to rank countries production diversity and food specialization [PDF]
, 2016 The easy access to large data sets has allowed for leveraging methodology in network physics and complexity science to disentangle patterns and processes directly from the data, leading to key insights in the behavior of systems. Here we use to country specific food production data to study binary and weighted topological properties of the bipartite ...
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 2): The costs of pursuing neurosurgical training
Brain and Spine, 2022 Introduction: Opportunities for in-country neurosurgical training are severely limited in LMICs, particularly due to rigorous educational requirements and prohibitive upfront costs.
Deen L. Garba +7 more
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Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries [PDF]
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2013 Human brucellosis is a neglected, underrecognized infection of widespread geographic distribution. It causes acute febrile illness and a potentially debilitating chronic infection in humans, and livestock infection has substantial socioeconomic impact.
Rubach, Matthew P +3 more
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The effect of multi‐leaf collimator leaf width on VMAT treatment plan quality
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.Abstract Background The advent of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in radiotherapy has made it one of the most commonly used techniques in clinical practice. VMAT is the delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) while the gantry is in motion, and existing literature has shown it has decreased treatment delivery times and the ...
Gregory Sadharanu Peiris +3 more
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Maternal depression in low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
International Health, 2012 Maternal depression is an enormous, neglected public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Evidence is accumulating to guide intervention, focused on integrating mental health care into routine maternal and child health care through a task sharing approach.
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Combination Therapy With Vigabatrin and Prednisolone Versus Vigabatrin Alone for Infantile Spasms
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective The study evaluated the effectiveness of combination therapy with vigabatrin and prednisolone versus vigabatrin alone for treating infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS). Methods This single‐center, single‐blind, randomized trial enrolled infants aged 2–14 months with new‐onset IESS, randomly assigned them (1:1) to receive either
Rachata Boonkrongsak +6 more
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